2024 Zoning Amendments Public Hearing
Goffstown Planning Board
The Goffstown Planning Board will hold its first public hearing on its proposed 2024 Zoning Amendments in the Mildred Stark Room (Room 106) of the Goffstown Town Hall, located at 16 Main Street, Goffstown, New Hampshire on Thursday, December 07, 2024. The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM. Explanations of the proposed amendments are as follows and full-text copies may be obtained from the Town’s Website, the Planning Department, and the Town Clerk’s Office, located on 16 Main Street, Goffstown, NH during the hours of 8 am to 4 pm, Monday-Friday. For ADA assistance in attending the meeting please, call 497-8990, Ext. 117 at least 72 hours in advance.
ARTICLE 2
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 2 as proposed by the Planning Board, to rezone 326 Mast Road (Police Station), Map 6, Lot 39-1-A from Agricultural to Commercial?
ARTICLE 3
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 3 as proposed by the Planning Board, to rezone the following lots: Map 5, Lot 44-1, Map 5, Lot 44, Map 5, Lot 43, and Map 6, Lot 40. From the Commercial Industrial Flex Zone to Agricultural? The Lots are located on the Class VI section of Kennedy Hill Road.
ARTICLE 4
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 4 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 13.2 Flood Hazard District as necessary to comply with requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program?
ARTICLE 5
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 5 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 2.5.5. Split Lots by adding additional language to this Section concerning accessory uses on a split zoned lot.
ARTICLE 6
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 6 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: insert into Definition of Terms the following definition: As used in this subdivision, “accessory dwelling unit’’ means a residential living unit that is within or attached to a single-family dwelling, and that provides independent living facilities for one or more persons, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel of land as the principal dwelling unit it accompanies.
ARTICLE 7
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 7 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 3.12.A.6. Accessory to Principal Residential Use, accessory attached dwelling unit by removing the requirement that a Special Exception is required for this use in the Conservation, Agricultural, Residential-1, Residential-2 and RSBOD-1 zones, and allow ADU’s by right as a Permitted Use in these same zones.
ARTICLE 8
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 8 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 5.2.1. Amend the maximum number of square footage for an Accessory Dwelling Unit from eight-hundred (800) square feet to one thousand (1,000) square feet.
ARTICLE 9
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 9 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 3.11. Table of Accessory Uses, A. Accessory to Principal Residential Use, new 10. Storage Containers will be allowed in conjunction with an active building permit in the Commercial, Commercial Industrial Flex Zone, and Industrial zones.
ARTICLE 10
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 10 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 7.3.1. by changing the length of a standard parking space from eighteen and ½ (18 ½’) feet in length to twenty (20’) feet in length.
ARTICLE 11
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No.11 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: add a new section Section 7.3.1. Compact Automobile Space – Each compact auto space shall contain a rectangle area of at least fifteen feet (15’) in length and eighteen feet (8’) in width. The length shall be increased to eighteen feet (18’) where spaces are located parallel to the travel aisles. These spaces must be conspicuously designated as reserved for compact automobiles by a sign.
ARTICLE 12
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 12 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 7.4 Access and Driveway Standards, 7.4.1. Town-house style residential housing will not require a restriction on backing a vehicle into a street.
ARTICLE 13
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 13 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: add Section 7.5. Alternative Parking Requirements, 7.5.1. Compact Auto Spaces To encourage the reduction of impervious areas, parking for compact cars will be required for parking lots of one -hundred (100) or more spaces serving non-residential uses.
ARTICLE 14
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 14 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 7.6. Off-Street Loading Requirements, 7.6.1. Table of Off-Street Loading Requirements, add a requirement for Multi-Family projects to provide one (1) parking space for 5,001-20,000 square feet of gross floor area for delivery trucks.
ARTICLE 15
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 15 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 7.7 Parking and Storage of Recreational Vehicles by including Storage Containers. These vehicles will not be permitted to be parked or stored on a public way nor will they be permitted to be used for sleeping and housekeeping purposes.
ARTICLE 16
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 16 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 7.9. Parking and Storage of Certain Vehicles, by adding 7.9.2. No motorized vehicle may be visually offered for sale in the Residential-1 and Residential-2 districts that is not inspected, owned, and registered to a resident of the property on which it is offered. Only one vehicle per property will be offered at any time and remain for sale in a visible portion of the property for no more than sixty (60) days total.
ARTICLE 17
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 17 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 14.9 Non-Conforming Structures, 14.9.2.1. currently reads, A structure shall not be enlarged or altered in a way that increases its non-conformity, but any structure or portion thereof may be altered to decrease it’s nonconformity, (new language) except as provided in Section 14.9.2.4.
ARTICLE 18
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 18 as proposed by the Planning Board as follows: amend Section 14.9 Non-Conforming Structures, by adding a new 14.9.2.4. A structure that does not conform to an applicable setback or overlay district requirements may be enlarged, if the proposed enlargement will not increase the existing non-conformity, will not violate any other provision of the zoning ordinance, and is a permitted use in the district.
Tim Redmond, Chair
Goffstown Planning Board